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4: Artifact Detection<br />
The tool can use either thresholds or moving averages (combined with thresholds) to<br />
detect artifacts.<br />
If you choose the threshold option, the tool:<br />
• runs through the channels,<br />
• takes the data from the user-specified window,<br />
• subtracts the minimum microvolt value from the maximum value, and<br />
• compares the difference against the user-specified threshold in the Threshold<br />
Artifact Detection Settings section.<br />
The moving average “smooths” the data to prevent any noisy sample from having too<br />
much influence in the algorithm. If you select the moving-average option, the tool:<br />
• runs through the channels,<br />
• takes the data from the user-specified window,<br />
• performs a moving average on the data,<br />
• subtracts the minimum microvolt value from the maximum value, and<br />
• compares the difference against the user-specified threshold in the Threshold<br />
Artifact Detection Settings section.<br />
The Threshold Artifact Detection Settings section also allows you to:<br />
• Specify as many or as few artifact-detection thresholds as desired in the<br />
Threshold Artifact Detection Settings section.<br />
• Specify artifact-detection thresholds with different window sizes.<br />
• Specify a low- or a high-activity threshold by choosing the “less than” or<br />
“greater than” button.<br />
• Evaluate the results in a text-based log file output by the tool (described in the<br />
next paragraph), change the tool parameters, select the “overwrite”<br />
checkboxes, and run Artifact Detection again.<br />
52 <strong>Net</strong> <strong>Station</strong> <strong>Waveform</strong> <strong>Tools</strong> Technical Manual S-MAN-200-WFTR-001 • December 21, 2006